Papers
- 2025 Research Highlights, Communications of the ACM for “Sustainable Quantum Technologies”
- 2022 Best position paper, ACM International Workshop on Sensys-EnSys for “Circularity in Energy Harvesting Computational Things.”
- 2020 Research Highlights, Communications of the ACM for “Saturn: An Introduction to the Internet of Materials.”
- 2019 Research Highlights, ACM SIGMOBILE for “Self-sustainable Sound Sensing Material”
- 2019 Distinguished Paper (Top 3%) ACM IMWUT for “SATURN:Flexible Self-powered Microphone”
- 2018 Best Poster ACM MobiSys conference for “Surface++”
- 2018 Best Poster ACM UIST for “Zero Energy Ubiquitous Sound Sensing Surface”
Student Awards
- Qitong Li won the 2025 Best Computer Engineering MS Thesis Award for “Phytobits: A Bioelectronic Sensor and Microcontroller-Based Curriculum for Cam Photosynthesis Education.”
- Jack Thoene received the 2025 Best Electrical Engineering MS Thesis Award for “A Novel Electrochemical IOT Sensor for Cheap, Scalable, And Real-Time Plant Metabolism Monitoring of Cam Plants.”
- Katie Jiang, won 2025 Best Computer Engineering Undergraduate Researcher Award
- 2025 SURG Summer Awards: Nara Jung, Alice Ping, Valerie Wong, Ariana Blake (special recognition)
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